Food Safety Spotlight: Kansas Farmers Union Connects with Urban Growers On-Farm and Online
(WorldNews Environment)

By Charlie Michel, National Farmers Union Education and Outreach Coordinator When a statewide COVID-19 lockdown upended their food safety event planning, Mary Howell and Mercedes Taylor-Puckett of Kansas Farmers Union (KFU) were quick to respond with creative solutions for delivering on-farm education to Kansas growers. A primary challenge was reaching producers in cities like Wichita, Kansas, where KFU planned to host a farm tour for urban growers. The KFU team turned to Maggie and Adam Pounds of Simple Abundance, an urban farm in South Hutchinson,...